USP Dietary Supplements Compendium

Overview

USP is pleased to introduce the USP Dietary Supplements Compendium (DSC). This unique reference combines the latest USP–NF standards with information from the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Sixth Edition; regulatory and industry documents; and helpful tools and resources.

Developed for manufacturers, contract laboratories, and distributors, the USP DSC contains the DSHEA standards and authoritative information needed to develop, manufacture, and test quality dietary supplement products. Updated and published every two years in hardcover, English only.

Rely on the USP DSC for

• Developing, manufacturing, and testing new products
• Qualifying raw materials
• Preparing for internal QC and GMP audits
• Setting and validating SOPs
• Conducting in–process and batch–release tests
• Accurately packaging, labeling, and storing products

Information and Features

• Approximately 400 official USP 31–NF 26 monographs for use in dietary supplement manufacturing
• More than 150 monographs from the FCC, Sixth Edition
• Step–by–step tests, assays, and procedures in relevant USP General Chapters and FCC Appendices
• Reference tables, charts, and regulatory and guidance documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission, and industry organizations
• Full–color illustrations
• Macro/micro photographs and diagrams
• Chemical structures and chromatograms (TLC and HPLC or GC) highlighting chemical characteristics

Contents

• Mission and Preface
• USP–NF General Notices
• USP–NF General Chapters
• USP–NF Dietary Supplements Monographs
• FCC General Provisions
• FCC Dietary Supplements Monographs
• FCC Appendices
• Reagents, Indicators, and Solutions
• Reference Tables
• USP Admission Criteria for Dietary Supplements
• USP Safety Reviews
• USP Dietary Supplement and Ingredient Verification Programs
• Dietary Supplements Regulatory Framework
• Table of Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) of Vitamins, Minerals, and Electrolytes
• Guidances
• Full–color illustrations
• Contents subject to change with final publication

To Learn More

Contact Kathy Flanagan at +1–301–816–8189 or .